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Thermal/Hydrological Modeling of the Radioactive Scrap and Waste Facility (RSWF) with the Tough2 (Transport of Unsaturated Groundwater and Heat) Code

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

D. W. Esh  and
R. W. Benedict
D. W. Esh
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, PO Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403
R. W. Benedict
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, PO Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403
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Abstract

Thermal/hydrological modeling of the Radioactive Scrap and Waste Facility (RSWF) has been completed with the TOUGH2 (Transport of Unsaturated Groundwater and Heat) Code.[1] The RSWF will be utilized as an interim storage facility for ceramic and metallic waste forms developed from the electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel. The RSWF is an array of 1,350 carbon steel liners located at grade near Argonne National Laboratory-West on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL).

The primary driving force for this modeling research was to assess thermal capacity limits for RSWF liners so that heat generating materials can be safely stored. Maximum wasteform temperatures will be governed by both the amount of heat the system can dissipate and the orientation and characteristics of the wasteform. The focus of this report is on the amount of heat the interim storage system can safely dissipate. The effect of the temporal variation of soil moisture on the performance of the RSWF is assessed. The facility was analyzed to determine the maximum allowable thermal loading of the RSWF liners.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 1109
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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